Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Hair Tonic Ms. Badhe Nanda*, Ms. Shirode Lina, Mr. Lale Shivam NDMVP College of Pharmacy, Gangapur Road, Nashik-422002, Maharashtra State, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: nandabadhe@gmail.com
Online published on 31 December, 2015. Abstract Nowadays, people are interested in hair preparations and conditioner materials, such as shampoos, hair tonic and conditioner formulations containing herbal extracts. Hair tonic is a product which is used to style hair. The objective of present study involves preparation of herbal hair tonic by using jojoba, tulsi, and coconut oil and its evaluation for antifungal and antibacterial activity. The final preparation of these ingredients is formulated in batches with change in concentration. Each formulation is tested for antibacterial and antifungal activity. The formulation of different concentrations were characterized for proximate analysis including moisture content, total ash, acid insoluble ash, water soluble ash, water insoluble ash, sulphated ash. The formulation gives good results for antifungal and antibacterial activity also the formulation having good consistency good spreadiability, homogeneity, appearance and pH. Top Keywords Herbal formulations, antifungal activity, antibacterial activity, hair tonic, jojoba oil. Top |